Apparatus for applying taped or wired tires to channeled vehicle-wheels.



No. 676,452. Patented lune l8, I901.

J. H. TOOLE. APPARATUS FOR APPLYING TAPED' 0R WIRED TIRES T0 CHANNELEDVEHICLE WHEELS.-

(Application filed Sept. 10, 1900.) (No Model.) 2 Shasta-Sheet WitnessesNo. 676,452. Patented lune I8. I90I. J. H. TOOL-E.

APPARATUS FOR APPLYING TAPED 0B WIFIED TIRES T0 GHANNELED VEHICLEWHEELS.

(Application filed Sept. 10, 1900.) (No-Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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JOHN H. TOOLE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO INTERNATIONALAUTOMOBILE AND VEHICLE TIRE COMPANY, OF NEIV YORK, N. ,Y.

APPARATUS FOR APPLYING TAPED OR WIRED TIRES T0 CHANNELED VEHICLE-WHEELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 676,452, dated June 18,1901.

Application filed September 10,1900- Serial No. 29,496. (No rrodel.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. TOOLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Im provement in Apparatus for ApplyingTaped or Wired Tires to Channeled Vehicle-Wheels, of which the followingis a description.

My invention relates to an improved apparatus for applyingto channeledvehicle-wheels rubber tires provided with a tape or a wire or wirestherein, by which the tire will be held in'position within the channeledrim; and the object of my invention is to provide an apparatus for thepurpose wherein tires may be readily applied in position with sufficientstress to prevent objectionable creeping thereof with respect to therim, while at the same time the tire will be placed under-l0ngitudina-lcompression, as is now the case, to prevent the opening and enlarging ofany cuts which may be made in the tire in use.

In order that the invention may be better understood, attention isdirected to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, and in which- Figure 1 is a side View of my improvedapparatus, illustrating the manner of operating the same in securing atire in place within the channeled rim of a wheel; Fig. 2, alongitudinal sectional View, on an enlarged scale, of the improvedapparatus; Fig. 3, a plan View, and Fig. 4 an enlarged section on theline 4 4 of Fig. 1.

In all of the above Views corresponding parts are represented by thesame numerals of reference.

4 1 represents a suitable bracket or base, which is bolted or otherwisesecured toa post or pillar 2. The base is provided with two studs 3 3,on which are mounted the parallel bars 4 4. Pivoted between these bars,at the ends thereof, are levers 5 5, the upper end of each of which isbifurcated, as shown at 6. Pivoted within the bifurcated portion 6 ofeach lever is a nut 7, and engaging said nuts is a screw-rod 8, adaptedto be operated by a hand-wheel 9. Longitudinal movement of the screw rodSis prevented by an arm 10, secured either between the bars 4 4 or tothe base 1. Obviously the screw threaded ends of the rod 8 arerespectively right and left hand threaded,

so that the turning of the rod will result in the simultaneousseparation or bringing together of the upper ends of the levers 5 5.Each le ver is provided at its lower end with a chuck of any approvedform for gripping the tape or wire with which the tire may be equipped.In its simplest form each chuck comprises a pair ofgripping-fingers 1111, secured to the lower end of each lever by means of pins 12 withsufficient flexibility as to be separated or brought together to gripthe tape or wire and provided at their lower ends with a boltand nut 13,by which such ends may be compressed to grip the tape or wire whendesired. In order to hold the wheel with its channeled rim in thecorrect relation with respect to the chucks carried at the lower ends ofthe arms 5 5, I make use of a vertically-adjustable rod 14, having anoutturned arm 15, provided, preferably,'Withan elastic covering 16,surrounding the same, so as not to injure the under side of thewheel-telly. The rod 14 is provided with a keyway 17, with which engagesa key formed in a sleeve 18, carried by the base 1, whereby rotation ofsaid rod with respect to the sleeve will be prevented. The upper end ofthe rod 14 is screw-threaded at 19, and engaging these threads is anoperating-wheel 20, by means of which the arm 15 may be adjustedVertically to grip the wheelfelly between the elastic cushion 16 and thelower ends of the two chucks. Extending out from the lever 5, near thebottom thereof, are arms 21, arranged in pairs and pivoted upon thecorresponding clamping-bolt 13. These arms 21 are illustrated as beingsuitably supported by braces 22. The arms 21 are secured at their outerends to a sleeve23,

through which loosely passes a screw-threaded rod 24, carrying a clampat its inner end.

Said clamp may be of any suitable type, an

ordinary alligator-jaw 25, cooperating with a block 26, beingillustrated as aconvenient embodimentthereof. Engaging the threaded rod24 is a hand-wheel 27, by which the clamp 25 26 may be properly operatedin prac-- tice.

Assuming the device to be used in applying to the channeled rim of awheel 28 a tire 29 having a fiat tape 30 therein, the operasection orstrip of the tape 30 considerably longer than the length of tire thusout is then taken and is inserted through the opening in the tiregenerally formed for its reception during the molding of the tire. Thistape'is then, as shown in Fig. 1, firmly gripped be-' tween the clampingjaws 11, forming the chuck of the lever 5, by bringing saidclamping-jaws together by operating the corresponding adjusting screwand nut 13. The wheel 28 is then inserted in place between the clampingjaws or chucks of the two levers, and the adjusting-wheel 9 is thenoperated to turn the screw-threaded rod 8 in the proper direction toadjust the levers 5 5', so that the latter will extend, preferably, inlines parallel with radii of the wheel 28. The free end of the tape 30is then passed between the clamping-fingers 11 of the lever 5' at theleft of Fig. 1, between the clamping-fingers of the lever 5, and isengaged by the clamp 25 26, so as to be firmly retained thereby. Theoperating-wheel 27 is then rotated so as to draw the clamp 25 26 towardthe operator, thereby tightening the tape around the wheelrim and firmlysecuring the tire in place therein. In this operation it will beobserved that the free ends of the tire will abut against theclamping-jaws of the levers 5 5, so that the operation of applyingstress to the tape also automatically applies compression to the tire.When sufficient stress has been applied to the tape, the clamping-jawsof the chuck of the lever 5' are firmly engaged with the tape, so as tohold the latter, and the tape is then cut off at the right point. Thefree ends between the chuck members of the levers 5 5 are then joinedtogether in anysuitable way, preferably by the ordinary process oflapbrazing. The chucks are then released from the tape, the adjusting-wheel 20 is rotated to lower the supporting-arm 15, and thewheel,

with the tire applied thereto, is removed,after each lever, means foradjusting the inclination of the levers with respect to the wheel, aframe carried solely by one of said levers, a clamp mounted in saidframe, and means for operating the clamp, substantially as set forth.

2. An improved apparatus for applying to the channeled rim of a wheel atire having a metallic core, comprising in combination asupporting-plate, a pair of lovers pivoted thereto, a chuck at the lowerend of each lever for engaging the core, a clamp movable in line withthe chucks, means for operating said clamp, a vertically-adjustable armcarried by the supporting-plate for engaging with and holding thewheel-rim in contact with the chucks, and means for operating said arm,substantially as set forth.

3. An improved apparatus for applying to the channeled rim of a wheel atire having a metallic core, comprising in combination a pair of lovers,a chuck at the lower end of each lever for engaging the core, means foradjusting the inclination of said lovers with respect to the wheel, aclamp movable in line with the chucks, means for operating said clamp, avertically-adjustable arm for engaging with and holding the wheel-rimincontact with the chuck, and means for operating said arm,substantially as set forth.

. This speci fication signed and witnessed this 23d day of August, 1900.

JOHN H. TOOLE.

Witnesses:

B. L. CHAPPELL, J. R. OBRIEN.

